But I Can’t Talk To You the Way I’ve Wanted To

So, I hadn’t meant for my little vacation to be a blog-cation.  The holidays are just so busy, no?  Add to that the little odds and ends to wrap up.  This is going to turn into  a miscellany of items.  But hopefully, you’ll enjoy them nonetheless.
First, here’s me in my ugly Christmas sweater.  Witness its [...]

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I Got Red Blood, and I Got Blood Red Wine

“I had four glasses of wine last night,” I declared to my friends on Sunday evening.
“Nice, where were you,” was the typical reply.
“On a date.”
“How’d it go?”
“I had four glasses of wine!” I’d remind them.  And realization would cross their faces.  “Oh…Dating sucks.”
Yes, yes it does, but let’s back up a bit.  To Thursday.  I [...]

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I Went to the Market to Realize My Soul; What I Need I Just Don’t Have

Yesterday was a rare day for me, but I really enjoyed it.  I baked.  I cooked.  I entertained.  Who am I kidding?  I loved it.  Well, I don’t love the big ol’ pile of dishes left from it and this is why I re-declare, come spring I’ll have a dishwasher!
A few months ago Sixth Degree, [...]

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It Echoes In My Heart For My Family

You know that saying that friends are the family we choose for ourselves?  Well, I’ve chosen well, if I do say so myself.  I’ve written before about my friends Erica and Erin.  I met them both at various points in high school.  By the time we graduated, the three of us were really good friends, [...]

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There Were Three In the Family and That’s the Magic Number

There has been a lot going on at work the past week or so.  Forgive my silence.  But now I have excellent reason to break it.  I just got a photo text from one of my best friends, Erica, showing me my new niece, Sophie.  That’s Erin’s daughter.  You’ll remember I went to her shower [...]

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Take It As It Comes and Be Thankful When It’s Done

One round-trip fight, 13 hours in the car, two days in a relatively remote northern Minnesota, and many tears later, my grandmother’s funeral is over.  It went about as well as a funeral can go.  My mom and my two aunts did not want it to be an overly sad affair.  They refused to sing [...]

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All This Time Lingers, Undefined. Someone Choose Who’s Left and Who’s Leaving

I was sitting on my couch, watching today’s episode of Jeopardy! on my DVR when I heard, faintly from across the room, “My brown-eyed girl…You my brown-eyed girl.” I grabbed my cell phone, expecting it to be Best Friend. She and I were going to dinner, along with Bluebird in my old ‘hood, [...]

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The One That’s Weighty

The thing about life is, the universe definitely has a sense of humor.  One day I’m writing about how I don’t have anything to write about, and filling out memes.  The next thing I know, I want to tell you all about the street fest I went to this weekend or the Death Cab for [...]

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